Improvement in bee-hives



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Letters Patent 110,110,937, dated January 1o, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BE'E-HIVES.

The Schedule refer-redux: in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all whom it may con-cern:

Beit known that'I, LUTHER S. Srssox, of West Edmeston, in the county ofOtsego and State of New York, have invented certa-in new and usefulImprovements in .Bee-Hives; and I do hereby'declare that the followingis a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereonwhich form part of this specification.

The nature of fny invention consists in the construction andarrangement; be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order tol elnble others skilled in the art to -which my inventionappertains tov make and use the salue, I will Anow'proceed to describeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, iuwhich-f- Figure lis alongitudinal vertical section, and

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section ofthe beevserve the bees andframes of honey.

If desired, the ends may be closed with boards, and only the sidesprovided with glass.-

Around the lower; end of' the frame, on the slats B B, are placed cleatsC U, upon which the cover D rests.

The comb-frames are`each composed of a top-piece,

G, Vwith two side pieces, E E, running perpendicularly` downward. fromnear the ends ofthe top piece G, said top piece extending beyond the endpieces, s0 as, to rest upon the. mainframe.

In the under side of the top piece G is made a 1ongit-udinal groove, inwhich is inserted a V `shaped Iiange, ,'which projects downward, formingthe combguide. p l The sides of the -top piece Ur are also out out, as

of' a bee-hive, as willshownkto form a passage for the bees, and ou eachside of this cut-out portion of the top piece is secured a bar, l1,which extends downward about halt' the distance to the bottom of thehive. v

Between the lower ends ot' the two bars lfb of each comb-'frame issecured ablock, H, havinga horizontal hole through .it for the bees topass from one sheet 4of comb to the other.

This block always formsawinter-passage for thebces to get to theirhoney, without going under or around a sheet, which they could not do invery cold weather without perishing with the cold; also, a convenient.

passage tor the queen in brooding` season. The thin bars b b, by whichsaid block is attached to the upper part of the frame, serve as guidesto cause the bees to build their combs str-night, as they will commencetheir combs on the guides a c. The bottom ot' the coinb-ialne'issupported as shown by bolts or screws (l d inserted in the side pieces BB, and the ends of sides E E of the comb-frame being notched andslotted, so 'as to` lit over said'bolts or screws. e 1

It will be observed that the comb-frames are made without anycross-pieces except the top, thereby enabling any one to see the beesfrom the bottom ofthe hive as readily as in theold box hive.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What l claim as new, ,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i Thecomb-frames. G E, constructed as herein described, that is, the top.bars G, being cut out to form a passage'for -the bees, and grooved forthe insertion of the comb-guide a, and the side pieces E E notched attheir lower ends to lit over the screws drh-the said top bar of each`frame being further provided with a downward-projecting vertical bar b,havin at its lower end the perforated block H,'and,all the l'raniesinclosed within the hive composed of the connected cornerposts A A withglass sides, cleats O C and cover D, all as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I alix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

L. S. SISSON; Witnesses: y J. V. WHITE,-

J. W. MESTER.

